The increasing focus on and importance of surgical care in achieving universal health
coverage requires the development of safe and accessible anaesthesia services. Increasing …

The safety of anesthesia characteristic of high-income countries today is not matched in low-
resource settings with poor infrastructure, shortages of anesthesia providers, essential …

Basic surgery and safe anesthesia are essential health services, but their importance has
been consistently undervalued in global health efforts. One third of the world population …

Inadequate access to anesthesia and surgical services is often considered to be a problem
of low-and middle-income countries. However, affluent nations, including Canada, Australia …

Safe anesthesia is dependent on a skilled clinician, a functioning anesthesia machine,
monitoring equipment, drugs and a healthcare facility with support services and staff. In high …

Abstract The Safe Surgery Saves Life campaign of the World Health Organization advocates
patient safety best practices during surgical procedures. Anesthesia service is indivisible …

Background The importance of safe anesthesia for the best possible surgical outcomes in
every patient is not disputed in high resource settings. Low-income countries lag far behind …

Ethe OPEN MIND society, and local and international health actors around access to
medicines, specifically, has fostered a productive response to these global health …

In 2015 three major events occurred for global anaesthesia and surgery. In January, the
World Bank published Disease Control Priorities 3rd edition (DCP 3rd edition). This volume …

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illustrates that task sharing can work. The integration of NPAP training into existing …